Renewable Energy Report: September 2009 Newsletter

The Renewable Energy Newsletter provides information and analysis from agricultural economists and others on current issues facing the emerging renewable energy industry. More information on renewable energy can be found at our website. Please send comments on issues or topics by contacting me at dhof@iastate.edu or 641-423-0844. You can sign-up...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter September 2009 Don Hofstrand Co-director Agricultural Marketing Resource Center dhof@iastate.edu In this article I will outline some of the potential impacts on the agriculture sector of a cap and trade system similar to the one being presented in the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter September 2009 Robert Wisner Professor of Economics and Energy Economist Ag Marketing Resources Center Iowa State University rwwisner@iastate.edu When Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of December 2007 (1), it envisioned that ethanol from various cellulosic feedstocks would play an important role in...
AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter September 2009 Don Hofstrand Co-director Agricultural Marketing Resource Center dhof@iastate.edu Based on our economic model of a typical northern Iowa ethanol plant, ethanol has again become profitable after several months of losses. Ethanol moved into the black in June and has stayed profitable, although not at...